On 02/08/13 01:10, James Stone wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Brent Busby <brent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> That's the experience I've had here also with my RME Multiface II: >> >> Despite that it's been regarded as a nice interface (and it is!), I've found >> that it's *much* darker sounding at 44.1/48kHz, and only seems to have full >> clarity in the treble at 96kHz. Since I really doubt that my ears need the >> ultrasonic frequency response that desperately to get nice treble, I'd say >> it's probably the filters, owing the effect you're describing and others >> have mentioned in other threads in the past. > > How do I test this? Do I need to record something at the different > samplerates, or is it sufficient to just playback some material? Can't > say I've noticed much difference in sound quality so far, but I > haven't been listening *very* carefully.. Just listen through your interface, and compare to what you hear directly from a mixer (or some similar method). If it sounds much darker through the interface at 44.1kHz, that samplerate may have been an afterthought to the creators. -- + Brent A. Busby + "We've all heard that a million monkeys + Sr. UNIX Systems Admin + banging on a million typewriters will + University of Chicago + eventually reproduce the entire works of + James Franck Institute + Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, + Materials Research Ctr + we know this is not true." -Robert Wilensky _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
